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In today’s edition … Campaigning on being a Trump nemesis … but first … Trump points his finger at Democrats on affordability and immigration Americans are feeling underwater on affordability. “You caused that problem.”Trump accused Democrats of fueling inflation under President Joe Biden and harming American workers by allowing undocumented immigrants to flow into the country. Trump did not mention Good or Pretti in his speech — a fact Democrats criticized. On the economic front, Democrats also heckled Trump as he urged Congress to pass legislation restricting members of Congress from buying and trading stocks. Gavin Newsom has become one of the Democrats’ 2028 front-runners because of his vocal opposition to Trump.

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And it just looks like this really fun existence where they have completely upended how work works for them. It makes us feel very productive to be presented with eight research reports after our morning run. But actually what would be productive is doing the research. And what they’re now going to spend all their time doing is absorbing B-plus-level reports from an A.I. And after that, you’re, in my experience, you’re trying to do all the turn-your-brain-off schlep work that surrounds that work.

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A lot of them were the greatest hits you hear at President Trump’s rallies. The White House’s own website at this moment, or at least earlier tonight, used a 9.7 trillion figure, way lower. He inherited 3.0% inflation, though it was a 40-year high, about 9.1% more than two years before he took office. There is no state, not a single one, where the AAA state average today was below $2.37. New: The Mediaite One-Sheet "Newsletter of Newsletters"Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting.

A federal magistrate judge on Tuesday rescinded the Trump administration's ability to examine data seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson last month, saying he would "conduct an independent judicial review" of the materials obtained by the Justice Department through a search warrant. Porter wrote that he "further hopes the record ultimately bears out the government’s representations." Porter had approved the search warrant in connection with an investigation into Navy veteran Aurelio Perez-Lugones, who was charged last month with unlawful retention of national defense information. Porter wrote that he was "unaware" of that law when he conducted a limited probable cause review, and he accepted responsibility for the "gap" in his analysis. Still, Porter wrote Tuesday, he could not "simply order the government to return all devices" and allow the Post to unilaterally identify material responsive to the search warrant.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGMany Democrats attending Tuesday night’s State of the Union address are bringing victims of Jeffrey Epstein as guests, or people wrongfully detained and attacked by ICE agents ― if they’re going at all. Who are Republicans bringing? Notably, the U.S. women’s squad, which also won gold, will not attend after Trump was caught complaining about having to invite them during his congratulatory call with the men’s squad. “And we have to — I must tell you — we’re going to have to bring the women’s team,” said Trump. Murat will attend as a guest of House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.).

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Lowe’s reported higher fourth-quarter sales as continued growth in its business supplying professional builders helped it to offset weakness in the home improvement market. - Getty ImagesLowe’s is expecting a flat home-improvement market in 2026 as stalled housing sales, high interest rates and economic uncertainty continue to lead homeowners to delay remodeling and repair projects. On Tuesday, Home Depot said it was seeing pressure from economic uncertainty and a frozen housing market. For the fourth quarter, Lowe’s reported sales of $20.58 billion, up from $18.55 billion the year prior. Comparable sales rose 1.3%, which the company said was “driven by continued growth in Pro, online, and home-services sales, as well as strong holiday performance.” Analysts had expected comparable sales growth of 0.2%.

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address drew largely positive marks from a heavily Republican audience, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Nearly two-thirds of speech-watchers said they had at least a somewhat positive reaction to Trump’s speech, with a smaller 38% offering a very positive response. Trump’s speech seemed to rally some who watched it. While the economic numbers are identical to his ratings after last year’s speech, Trump’s numbers on immigration represent an erosion to first-term levels, when the issue stood as one of his most significant political liabilities. In a CNN poll of the American public conducted in the days prior to the address, Trump’s approval rating stood at 36%.

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